drugs Archives - Pediatric Ethicscope

Shortages of life-saving chemotherapeutics and supportive care agents are pervasive and enduring. These shortages represent a true public health crisis, and surprisingly, have failed to garner greater attention within the medical community or the public at-large.

Jeffrey Dome MD, PhD, the Division Chief of Hematology and Oncology at Children's National, sat down with Pediatric Ethicscope: The Journal of Pediatric Bioethics to discuss the impact of drug shortages...

The issue of drug shortages can be framed as those who wish to ensure drug availability in virtue of dedication to the patients’ interests, on one hand, and those who herald economic responsibilities, on the other. A historical and philosophical account of the problem.